Senior AI Software Engineer, Coding Agent

We are seeking a Sr. AI Software Engineer to architect and lead the development of a groundbreaking in-house AI Coding Agent. This tool will act as a force multiplier for our game studios’ development pipelines, accelerating our developers by providing intelligent code generation, in-depth code inspection, and advanced debugging capabilities., * Architect and lead the development of a robust, scalable AI Coding Agent tailored to our game development workflows (primarily for UE/Unity-based games in C++, C#, and other relevant languages).

• Integrate the AI agent directly into developer IDEs (like Visual Studio, VS Code) and our game engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Unity).
• Collaborate closely with game developers, technical artists, and engine programmers to gather requirements, understand pain points, and iterate on the tool’s features.
• Optimize model inference speed and resource usage to ensure the agent is fast and responsive without hindering developer workstations.
• Mentor other engineers on the team and establish best practices for AI development, agentic RAG and agent-based architectures.
• Stay current with the latest research in AI, code generation, and LLMs to continuously improve the agent’s capabilities.

• Customer-oriented and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Positive, self-motivated, and passionate.
• Independent, insistent, and open-minded.
• Great team player, dependable and autonomous.
• Data-driven decision maker., * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong background in Python, TypeScript, C++, or C#.
• Proven experience building complex AI systems, with hands-on expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and AI Agent architectures.
• Deep, hands-on experience with LLM APIs and/or fine-tuning and serving open-source models.
• Strong understanding of prompt engineering and context engineering to maximize model relevance and accuracy.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work on complex, ambiguous projects, delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with observability, performance optimization, and production incident response.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)., * Direct experience building a Coding Agent or similar developer-facing AI tool (IDE plugins, CLI, etc.).
• Experience in the game development industry or with game engines (Unreal, Unity).

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